how to tar a directory in a sun solaris?

mmb · #1 (**permalink**) 05-14-2008

i have lot of directories which are needed to be transferred to a LINUX workstation. to do this i need to tar the directories. please let me know how to tar the directories in Sun Solaris.

era · #2 (**permalink**) 05-14-2008

Wear outdoor clothes, grab a big black brush, and

Code:

tar cf /tmp/directories.tar name of directories

where /tmp/directories.tar is the name of the tar file you want to create, and names, of, and directories are, well, names of directories.

Usually you will also want to gzip or bzip2 compress the tar file; some tar commands even have built-in options to do that at the same time as creating the tar archive. Consult your local manual page for the gory details.

mmb · #3 (**permalink**) 05-14-2008

thanks for the help.

but it says 'permission denied'. Do you think it is a administrative privilage problem?

mmb · #4 (**permalink**) 05-14-2008

also could ypu please tell me how to untar the file in a specified directory?

Tornado · #5 (**permalink**) 05-14-2008

1) Yes it is an administrative privilage problem.
2) Use man to see how to use tar.

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